From: Phillip Gawlowski <pg@...>
Date: 2010-01-01T20:25:33+09:00
Subject: Re: Why can't I use "or" here?

On 01.01.2010 12:15, David A. Black wrote:

> I wouldn't worry about that idiom ceasing to work :-)

In open source software (or Free Software), I *do* worry about API 
stability, or rather compatibility of version X to version Y.

I've been burned by Linux kernel changes far too often to *not* worry. :(

Mind, I'm not averse to change, even change that sheds weight and thus 
breaks backwards compatibility, but I prefer it to be in a major 
release, rather than a minor version.

Very different issue from the OP, though.

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Phillip Gawlowski